Golf

Mookie Betts Leads the Dodgers’ Stars With a Masterful Performance

ARLINGTON, Texas — Mookie Betts was 24 years old when he wondered if he would ever be any better. Betts had just finished as the runner-up to Mike Trout for the American League Most Valuable Player Award in 2016, with a season full of hits and homers and steals and

Golf

2020 Oct, 21

The Steelers Style Isn’t Old-Fashioned. Call It Retro Chic.

With their deeply-talented roster, sack-happy style and early-season success, the 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers conjure grainy, romanticized images of the team’s 1970s glory days: quarterbacks fleeing their defense in terror and opponents driven facemask-first into the dirt, while foundry workers cheer them from smoky tap rooms and John Facenda narrates over

Golf

2020 Oct, 21

Losing Courtside Camaraderie in the Covid Era

On that fateful February night in 2017, after Charles Oakley was dragged out of Madison Square Garden and arrested on the accusation of causing a ruckus involving the Knicks’ owner, I made my way down from the press box high atop the court to consult with my source of four

Golf

2020 Oct, 19

Daryl Morey Steps Down as G.M. of the Houston Rockets

Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, is stepping down from his post on Nov. 1, he announced Thursday. Morey said managing the Rockets was “the most gratifying experience of my professional life” and that he was confident Houston would “continue to perform at the highest level.” The move came

Golf

2020 Oct, 15

In England, Shifting Virus Rules Close Doors One Day and Open Them the Next

LONDON — There were two soccer games played over the weekend at Hayes Lane, a neat, compact stadium in a quiet corner of southeast London. The first, on Saturday afternoon, played out in the pin-drop silence that characterizes sports amid the pandemic. Just as they are in the Premier League,

Golf

2020 Oct, 14

For Novak Djokovic, Another Well-Meaning Effort Goes Off the Rails

Novak Djokovic may look back on these last months as some of the most dreadful in his career, a series of moments that appeared to be filled with opportunity but fizzled in spectacular fashion. On Sunday, his troubled year brought the challenge of the greatest clay-court player the game has known,

Golf

2020 Oct, 11